Friday, August 31, 2018
Here's what Orlov is talking about.
RT covers a released set of taped conversations between Bill Clinton and Yeltsin. The theme is unsurprising, and was even common knowledge at the time. We didn't bother to hide the fact that we were running Russia through Yeltsin. While Yeltsin was our employee we were giving Russia all sorts of privileges and gifts. After Putin took over, we gradually turned the other way, and now we're making outright war against Russia.
Which was better** for Russia? Unquestionably the blockades and sanctions are better, as noted in previous item.
USA friendship is the worst thing that can happen to any country. Our support uses debt and blackmail to create dependency, serving nobody but our own bankers. Our support always encourages the most corrupt and violent leaders to slaughter their own people. When we withdraw our support, sane adult leaders have to develop their OWN nation's skills and resources for their OWN benefit. This is what EVERY country should be doing all the time.
** Note for clarity: Normal relations between countries, like normal relations between people, often include some debts and some dependencies. Those are not intrinsically bad when constrained and balanced. Absolute independence forced by sanctions is not ideal, but when the ONLY alternative is absolute submission, absolute independence is unquestionably better for a country.
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